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Twenty-two junior high school students participated in the study, performing three 40-meter sprint trials under different conditions: (1) without an auditory guide (baseline), (2) with a slow-rhythm auditory guide (3.40 \u00b1\u2009 0.24 Hz), and (3) with a fast-rhythm auditory guide (4.16 \u00b1\u2009 0.29 Hz). Step rate, step length, and sprint velocity were analyzed using video recordings. The slow-rhythm auditory guide significantly decreased the step rate and increased the step length compared with the baseline condition (p &lt;\u2009 0.05). Conversely, the fast-rhythm auditory guide significantly increased step rate and decreased step length (p &lt;\u2009 0.05). These findings demonstrate that rhythmic auditory guides can effectively alter step rate and step\u00a0length during sprint running in junior high school athletes. 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